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Iowa High School Football payoffs are a joke!!!

Ok I was just looking at the Register and they had the first round playoff games.

When the State of Iowa went to 32 teams it made the playoff system a joke. In class 4A there are 9 teams with a losing record that made the playoffs. as the other classes have numerous teams with losing records in the playoffs too.

Re: Iowa High School Football payoffs are a joke!!!

agreed, but my brothers team in 2006 beat then #1 solon, but lost to dyersville-beckman also. those three teams ended up 8-1 and we got the short end of the stick and got knocked out of the playoffs, by what rule i cannot remember. it sort of evens out.

Re: Iowa High School Football payoffs are a joke!!!

Originally Posted by isufbcurt

Ok I was just looking at the Register and they had the first round playoff games.

When the State of Iowa went to 32 teams it made the playoff system a joke. In class 4A there are 9 teams with a losing record that made the playoffs. as the other classes have numerous teams with losing records in the playoffs too.

Re: Iowa High School Football payoffs are a joke!!!

Originally Posted by istater7

agreed, but my brothers team in 2006 beat then #1 solon, but lost to dyersville-beckman also. those three teams ended up 8-1 and we got the short end of the stick and got knocked out of the playoffs, by what rule i cannot remember. it sort of evens out.

False. I was on that Monticello team and Dyersville Beckman had 7-2 record but they still went to playoffs. They lost to a non-district opponent, Western Dubuque.

Re: Iowa High School Football payoffs are a joke!!!

Originally Posted by isufbcurt

When the State of Iowa went to 32 teams it made the playoff system a joke. In class 4A there are 9 teams with a losing record that made the playoffs. as the other classes have numerous teams with losing records in the playoffs too.

It's either have some teams with losing records get in (and get dispatched by a district champ in the first round anyway), or have teams that are 8-1/7-2 not get in.

There are teams with winning district records but losing overall records, because their non-district games were against teams in higher classifications. Why should they be penalized for losing to a school one or two classes larger?

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